PRESSURE NOW THAN HE HAS BEEN IN
HIS 20 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP.
CRAIG.
>> CHIEF INTERNATIONAL
CORRESPONDENT IN MOSCOW, KEIR,
THANK YOU.
>>> TO IRAN WHERE AN
UNPRECEDENTED WAVE OF PROTESTS
IS ENTERING A FOURTH WEEK AND
SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING
SPARKED BY A YOUNG WOMAN’S
DEATH.
IT WAS A WEEKEND OF CLASHES
BETWEEN DEMONSTRATORS AND
SECURITY FORCES.
ALI AROUZI IS IN TEHRAN WITH THE
LATEST.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, HODA.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE OUTRAGE,
THE EMOTION, THE ANGER IN IRAN
IS STILL VERY RAW.
THE PROTESTS ARE NOT REALLY
SHOWING ANY SIGNS OF EBBING AS
THEY ENTER THEIR FOURTH WEEK.
PROTESTS AND VIOLENCE CONTINUE
TO FLAIR.
OVER THE WEEKEND, PROTESTERS IN
THE CAPITAL AND OTHER CITIES
WITH ANTI-GOVERNMENT SLOGANS.
SATURDAY NIGHT THE FLAGSHIP NEWS
PROGRAM ON IRAN’S STATE
BROADCASTER HACKED.
SUNDAY IN A UNIVERSITY IN TEHRAN
STUDENTS PAINTED THEIR HANDS RED
IN A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY FOR
STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
OR INJURED SINCE THE PROTESTS
BEGAN.
FEARLESS, DETERMINED YOUNG
IRANIANS, MUCH THE TIME WOMEN,
SCHOOL GIRLS JOINING IN ON THE
STREETS, ON CAMPUSES AND EVEN IN
THE SCHOOL YAR YARD.
THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE TO
IRAN.
>> WE CONTINUE TO HAVE TOOLS IN
OUR TOOL BELT TO HOLD THE
IRANIAN REGIME ACCOUNTABLE.
>> Reporter: WOMEN FACES OFF
WITH SECURITY FORCES AND
CHALLENGING THE COMPULSORY
HIJAB, WEAVING THROUGH TRAFFIC
WHILE SUPPORTED BY THE ENDLESS
HONKING OF CAR HORNS AND THE
RALLY CRY OF THESE PROTESTS.
WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM.
STILL SEETHING OVER THE DEATH OF
MAHSA AMINI, BUT ALSO NOW
FOCUSING ON THE DEATHS OF TWO
OTHER GIRLS.
AUTHORITIES DENY INVOLVEMENT IN
THEIR DEATHS.
THE HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP SAYS AT
LEAST TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED
OVER THE WEEKEND.
AUTHORITIES DENY ANY
INVOLVEMENT.
THE SCOPE, SCALE AND DURATION OF
PROTESTS NOT JUST CATCHING THE
GOVERNMENT OFF GUARD BUT ROCKING
THEIR FOUNDATIONS.
NO ONE KNOWS HOW OR WHEN THIS
WILL END BUT AUTHORITIES ARE
DETERMINED TO FINISH IT.
IRAN’S DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTER
WARNING FROM NOW ON THOSE
ARRESTED IN THE RIOTS WILL STAY
IN JAIL UNTIL THEIR TRIAL.
THEY WILL BE RAPIDLY PROSECUTED
AND THEIR SENTENCES WILL BE
DECISIVE TO SEND A DETERRENT TO